Regional investment incentives in Germany: Impacts on factor demand and growth

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 173-195

  Schalk, Hans Joachim ^a   Untiedt, Gerhard ^b  

^a IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Gesell Okonomische R   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENT INCENTIVE; INVESTMENT LOCATION; REGIONAL ECONOMY; REGIONAL POLICY;

GERMANY;

EID: 0033901114     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001689900008     Document Type: Article

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